Title :
Fabrication of spectrally clean, long-period grating filters
Author :
Grubsky, V. ; Skorucak, A. ; Starodubov, D.S. ; Feinberg, J.
Author_Institution :
D-STAR Technol. Inc., Manhattan Beach, CA, USA
Abstract :
We fabricate spectrally clean long-period gratings in optical fibers. We compensate the measured nonlinear response of the glass to UV light with a computer-controlled exposure schedule. The resulting spectra are free of unwanted harmonic resonances and sidelobes.
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; nonlinear optics; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre filters; UV light; computer-controlled exposure schedule; measured nonlinear response; sidelobes; spectrally clean long-period grating filter fabrication; unwanted harmonic resonances; Band pass filters; Fabrication; Fiber gratings; Glass; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers; Power harmonic filters; Refractive index; Resonance; Writing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 1999, and the International Conference on Integrated Optics and Optical Fiber Communication. OFC/IOOC '99. Technical Digest
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-582-X
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.1999.766030
